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it's interesting to hear boehner saying, listen, nowhere, period. nowhere. which sounded very final and very bloomy. earlier when i was talking to senator blumenthal, he was like, i'm optimistic. i'm kind of hopeful. what do you think? >> i think first of all the timing of this probably couldn't be worse for negotiation purposes from our perspective to some degree. right before the holidays, which is a tough time for politicians anyway. in some terms we feel like it's light years between now and the new year. it's really not. it's right around the corner. lawmakers will continue to feel a lot more pressure between now and then to get something done. at the same time we're coming off the heels of this election. to some degree we're kind of trying to find our negotiating legs, if you will. nonetheless, it's critically important. i think it's critically important we say to the american people that we get the fiscal house in order. >> how do you do that in realistically 29 days? what do you say? >> let me go back to this. no one should be surprised we are in the
it's interesting to hear boehner saying, listen, nowhere, period. nowhere. which sounded very final and very bloomy. earlier when i was talking to senator blumenthal, he was like, i'm optimistic. i'm kind of hopeful. what do you think? >> i think first of all the timing of this probably couldn't be worse for negotiation purposes from our perspective to some degree. right before the holidays, which is a tough time for politicians anyway. in some terms we feel like it's light years between...
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. >>> and president obama and house speaker boehner mum on fiscal cliff negotiations. and a sign that a deal could be near. >>> new world order, the economy growing at an enormous rate in china, and in a few years it will surpass the u.s. what it means, coming up. >>> dozens of homes damaged in the south, ripping off roofs and damaging trees. more to come. stamp watch, straight ahead. >>> lots to talk about this morning. the next two hours, we'll talk with steve israel. jeff sessions, sandy levin, rahm emanuel and businessman javier paolomarez, ed burns, frankie monday easy, and chuck leavell. "starting point" begins right now. welcome, everybody. "starting point" this morning, angry, united. bracing for protests in michigan as the state is poised to become the most unionized right to work state. as many as 10,000 unionized workers expected at the state capitol to voice their disapproval of the measure. some of them teachers, two detroit area school districts shut down for the day as hundreds of teachers plan to join the protest. president obama brought it up during a
. >>> and president obama and house speaker boehner mum on fiscal cliff negotiations. and a sign that a deal could be near. >>> new world order, the economy growing at an enormous rate in china, and in a few years it will surpass the u.s. what it means, coming up. >>> dozens of homes damaged in the south, ripping off roofs and damaging trees. more to come. stamp watch, straight ahead. >>> lots to talk about this morning. the next two hours, we'll talk with...
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this is a chained cpi is something speaker boehner and the republicans demanded. everybody says let's avoid going over the fiscal cliff. this is one of the demands that the republicans have made. i don't like it. don't think the president prefers it. i know he doesn't. but everyone is trying to find a way to get to it except our republican colleagues. even after the president put this on the table, they decided to walk away with plan "b." >> the republicans say they may have a vote on plan "b" on thursday. it would raise taxes for those making $1 million and above. what does this mean? >> this is another effort by speaker boehner to minimize the impact on high-income earners, plan "b" would give millionaires a $24,000 tax break, relative to what the president is proposing now at $400,000. another way to provide benefits and relief to very high-income individuals, and by leaving the cuts in place, it would mean that working americans, our kids' education, programs for nutrition, for moms and kids, would take a big hit, even as they continue to protect the tax break
this is a chained cpi is something speaker boehner and the republicans demanded. everybody says let's avoid going over the fiscal cliff. this is one of the demands that the republicans have made. i don't like it. don't think the president prefers it. i know he doesn't. but everyone is trying to find a way to get to it except our republican colleagues. even after the president put this on the table, they decided to walk away with plan "b." >> the republicans say they may have a...
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so john boehner trying to simplify things. he's asking top democrats and republica republicans to step aside so he can negotiate with the president one-on-one. it seems to be a request that everyone was able to live with. brianna keilar is live for us at the white house. if this is the case that everybody has been cleared out of the room, does that surprise you? it seems to make sense to me. >> reporter: it's not surprising at all. this is what observers of this process thought would happen all along. ultimately this was a process that would come down to president obama and house speaker john boehner brokering a deal. very much the way you saw they attempted to do during the debt ceiling debacle last year. it simplifies the problem of less cooks in the kitchen. then they will have to sell it. president obama would have to bring in democrats. john boehner would have to bring in his republicans and make sure everyone is on board. this comes on the heels of what has really been radio silence between the white house and house repu
so john boehner trying to simplify things. he's asking top democrats and republica republicans to step aside so he can negotiate with the president one-on-one. it seems to be a request that everyone was able to live with. brianna keilar is live for us at the white house. if this is the case that everybody has been cleared out of the room, does that surprise you? it seems to make sense to me. >> reporter: it's not surprising at all. this is what observers of this process thought would...
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president obama presented a new proposal to house speaker john boehner. tax rates going up on incomes of people higher than $400,000. this is a change. previously he wanted taxes higher on households at $250,000. he's offering new spending cuts said to be worth about $200 billion and for his part instead of no new taxes where the speaker had been for a long time speaker john boehner is calling for tax hikes on people making more than $1 million. he has a big day today meeting with house republican members to update them on negotiations that could be a little bit of a difficult meeting for him. let's go to washington to get an update on the talks. cnn's dan lothian is there. >> reporter: hello. you're right, this could be a difficult meeting for speaker john boehner as he tries to sell this proposal to house republicans. this is a dramatic turn of events because president obama as you pointed out had been digging in his heels saying there could not be a deal unless taxes went up for house holds making more than $250,000 and now the president raising that t
president obama presented a new proposal to house speaker john boehner. tax rates going up on incomes of people higher than $400,000. this is a change. previously he wanted taxes higher on households at $250,000. he's offering new spending cuts said to be worth about $200 billion and for his part instead of no new taxes where the speaker had been for a long time speaker john boehner is calling for tax hikes on people making more than $1 million. he has a big day today meeting with house...
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speaker boehner has shown real leadership here. the president, all he has proposed so far is his old budget, which failed in the senate 97-0. not even any democrats have voted for what the president has proposed. >> how is it not a tax increase, though? to me at the end of the day if you're paying more in taxes, that's a tax increase. isn't this ultimately republicans are voting for a tax increase, even if it's for the 1%? some people, as you know, have signed the pledge that says that they won't increase taxes and some other things. so how is that not a tax increase? >> as you know, if nothing is passed, soledad, taxes go up on everyone on january 1st. the so-called bush tax cuts expire at the end of this year. so all americans are looking at their taxes going up on january 1st. and what the house and plan b is doing is saying, no, we want to permanently extend the lower rates for 99% of americans. otherwise everybody's taxes go up and people will feel those immediately, because withholding is going to go up in their first paychec
speaker boehner has shown real leadership here. the president, all he has proposed so far is his old budget, which failed in the senate 97-0. not even any democrats have voted for what the president has proposed. >> how is it not a tax increase, though? to me at the end of the day if you're paying more in taxes, that's a tax increase. isn't this ultimately republicans are voting for a tax increase, even if it's for the 1%? some people, as you know, have signed the pledge that says that...
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john boehner's plan "b" has imploded. house republicans didn't even get to vote on it because there wasn't enough support. the whole thing was called off. the house went on recess for the holidays. here is what the speaker said "the house did not take up the tax measure today because it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass. now it is up to the president to work with senator reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff." let's get to debbie wasserman schultz. great to have you with us. >> thank you, soledad. great to be here. >> let's start with reaction to what happened last night? >> well, you know, it's frustrating, behalfing, we've been at the negotiating table for weeks. president obama has moved in a mountainous direction toward the republican position, saying, no, we're not going to go with $250,000 in terms of raising the tax rates, we'll go with $400,000, $1.2 trillion in spending cuts and last night, even on the spending cuts plan of speaker boehner's plan "b," he was only able to pass it wit
john boehner's plan "b" has imploded. house republicans didn't even get to vote on it because there wasn't enough support. the whole thing was called off. the house went on recess for the holidays. here is what the speaker said "the house did not take up the tax measure today because it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass. now it is up to the president to work with senator reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff." let's get to debbie wasserman...
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john boehner needs to decide how he will get his caucus together. they're becoming increasingly isolated in their position. hopefully we can have a deal which protects the middle class. there is a piece of legislation sitting in the house today that would prevent taxes from going up on 98% of the american people. 97% of small businesses. they should go ahead and move that. and then we can have a broader discussion of how we achieve larger deficit reduction and avoid the fiscal cliff. but there's plenty of room and plenty of time for compromise. the president's position is clear. we're not going to do anything that hurts the middle class. we are going to protect those tax cuts for the middle class and for deficit reduction it needs to be fair and it needs to be balanced. everybody needs to pay their share so we can invest in the things we need to grow. >> i'm not sure about the plenty of time. 27 days. >> right. we are -- out of time. every day that goes by. >> stephanie cutter this morning -- >> every day that goes by, you can see more and more supp
john boehner needs to decide how he will get his caucus together. they're becoming increasingly isolated in their position. hopefully we can have a deal which protects the middle class. there is a piece of legislation sitting in the house today that would prevent taxes from going up on 98% of the american people. 97% of small businesses. they should go ahead and move that. and then we can have a broader discussion of how we achieve larger deficit reduction and avoid the fiscal cliff. but...
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john boehner says the white house is dragging its feet. here is what he said. let's play a chunk. >> where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house doesn't move on this the closer we get to the fiscal cliff. >> he says the president is slow walking. the president did an interview with abc news. what the president said to barbara walters. >> we have no make sure middle class taxes don't go up on january 1st. i'm confident that republicans wouldn't hold middle class taxes hostage to try to protect tax cuts for high-income individuals. >> he said he's fine to go over the fiscal cliff. all of those reasons would be reasons to say maybe we're not close to a deal on that do you think he'll get a deal before the end of the year? you are the optimistic one in the relationship here, or will we get one before you go off for christmas break? >> some type of deal. may not have a complete deal. but this issue of tax cuts for those earning less than 250,000, we will get that done. that is something we all agree on. and there may very well be parts of thi
john boehner says the white house is dragging its feet. here is what he said. let's play a chunk. >> where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house doesn't move on this the closer we get to the fiscal cliff. >> he says the president is slow walking. the president did an interview with abc news. what the president said to barbara walters. >> we have no make sure middle class taxes don't go up on january 1st. i'm confident that republicans wouldn't hold...
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the staff of both the white house and house republicans are in touch, but speaker boehner said about his sunday conversation with president obama that it was cordial, and then he said about his tuesday conversation with the president that it was deliberate and frank. so you -- it doesn't take too much to read between the lines there to show you that things are not going that well. they have exchanged another set of counteroffers to no avail, and still at this point there is this impasse over tax rates. the white house, president obama saying that the income tax rate for earnings over a quarter million dollars must go up. republicans saying no and accusing the president of not being specific about spending cuts and entitlement reforms, reform medicare, medicaid and social security. >> so let me ask you a question about this report that we're hearing that the obama administration might be looking at a republican to succeed the defense secretary, leon panetta. who is on that list at this point? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. this is former nebraska senator chuck hagel, a republican. s
the staff of both the white house and house republicans are in touch, but speaker boehner said about his sunday conversation with president obama that it was cordial, and then he said about his tuesday conversation with the president that it was deliberate and frank. so you -- it doesn't take too much to read between the lines there to show you that things are not going that well. they have exchanged another set of counteroffers to no avail, and still at this point there is this impasse over...
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you said you were supportive of john boehner's plan b a week ago. which would have raised taxes on people earning above $1 million, only on that amount that was above $1 million. but there are a whole bunch of your own colleagues that wouldn't let that pass. 50 republicans wouldn't vote for that. how is that somebody else's problem? >> democrats can't have it both ways one of the reasons many of my colleagues didn't want to vote on it, harry reid said he wouldn't bring it up for consideration. the democrats can't have it both ways. can't criticize the speaker for not passing the bill. tame saying the president wouldn't veto it. it probably won't pass. the reality is we did pass the bill. on august 1st. done in a bipartisan way, done plenty of time in advance and now it is up for the senate to actually act. that's the way it works. remember that? i'm just a bill on capitol hill? we pass a bill, it goes to the senate, they have to do their job. they went golfing last week, went on vacation and now not convening until 11:00. >> i am not hearing anythin
you said you were supportive of john boehner's plan b a week ago. which would have raised taxes on people earning above $1 million, only on that amount that was above $1 million. but there are a whole bunch of your own colleagues that wouldn't let that pass. 50 republicans wouldn't vote for that. how is that somebody else's problem? >> democrats can't have it both ways one of the reasons many of my colleagues didn't want to vote on it, harry reid said he wouldn't bring it up for...
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speaker boehner sounding somewhat optimistic. the president says that he is even open to some good ideas from republicans. he said he will not slam the door in their faces. but, again, the bottom line, the president not wanting these bush era tax cuts to be extended to wealthy americans, soledad. >> dan lothian for us this morning. before i let you go, let's talk about susan rice. obviously, you know, we see the president pretty angry, curious might be a good we to describe it, too, in defending her. how do you think that's going to end up? >> reporter: that's right. it was a very full throated defense from the president, something we've not heard from him up to this point. the president sort of making the point here if you want to attack anyone, attack me. and calling the attacks from republicans, in particular, senator john mccain, who has been going after ambassador rice because he believes that the narrative that she told shortly after those attacks as they turned out not to be the case and he wants to know why. he said we're
speaker boehner sounding somewhat optimistic. the president says that he is even open to some good ideas from republicans. he said he will not slam the door in their faces. but, again, the bottom line, the president not wanting these bush era tax cuts to be extended to wealthy americans, soledad. >> dan lothian for us this morning. before i let you go, let's talk about susan rice. obviously, you know, we see the president pretty angry, curious might be a good we to describe it, too, in...
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listen to what john boehner said about being reasonable. some rhetoric that's very con silltory. >> we talk about all kinds of things we may disagree on. i'm the most reasonable responsible person here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. now the election is over. now it's time to get to work. >> reporter: now the important thing that speaker boehner said, soledad, was that increased revenue would be on the table. so that's the thing to tell you that there may be some middle ground. of course, the devil is in the details. the idea here, though, is that if a framework could be worked on, you may see deductions close, tax credits go away. some deductions, some loopholes closed. and, you know, a lot of people -- even if they're in that top income bracket where they're supposed to be paying 35% or that's the maximum they would pay, some of them effectively are not paying that. they still could be paying more in tax dollars. that could create more revenue. yet the tax rate itself could not go up. com
listen to what john boehner said about being reasonable. some rhetoric that's very con silltory. >> we talk about all kinds of things we may disagree on. i'm the most reasonable responsible person here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. now the election is over. now it's time to get to work. >> reporter: now the important thing that speaker boehner said, soledad, was that increased revenue would be on the table. so that's the thing to...
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john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because -- well, tell them why, john. >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> they took it and threw it in the garbage. >> that's jay ferrell as president obama. he is so good at this. candy crowley actually thought that was president obama. >> he is so good at his delivery. >>> let's talk about our documentary that aired last night. fifth installment of the "black in america" series. we asked the question who is black in america? it unravels the complicated, densely packed issue of racial identity in in country. here is a clip. you must have been told, well, you're not really black like 100 million zillion times. >> you know, i love that conversation. >> you do? you love that conversation. why? i hate that conversation. >> it is fascinating to me. it is fascinating. >> so what do you check when you have to fill out a form, like a census? >> i say black now. but as l
john boehner sitting by himself. all alone. not a single member of his party willing to share his company. he didn't even have any milk to drink because -- well, tell them why, john. >> they had taken my milk and thrown it in the garbage. >> they took it and threw it in the garbage. >> that's jay ferrell as president obama. he is so good at this. candy crowley actually thought that was president obama. >> he is so good at his delivery. >>> let's talk about our...
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it ended -- boehner reached out to the president. they had lots of meetings. i described their private meetings in detail. as boehner said, at one of the first meetings, the president was cidrinking iced tea and chewing on an nicorette because of his smoking habit and there's boehner over there having a cigarette and red wine, merlot. in a since, they made some progress, but they did not get there. i chart in thousand of words the exact negotiations, the phone calls. you see something that didn't get fixed. i is an i term shame it didn't get fixed. >> why after this research it is harder today to make deals. you see the history of this, people are able to make deals when there are real people sitting across from each other. what is it about this moment or people that makes it impossible? >> part of it is the tea party and the republican house particularly, where they don't want to compromise at all, where they do not want anything that looks like a tax increase. but also on the democratic side and the president, he does not want to cut these entitlement progra
it ended -- boehner reached out to the president. they had lots of meetings. i described their private meetings in detail. as boehner said, at one of the first meetings, the president was cidrinking iced tea and chewing on an nicorette because of his smoking habit and there's boehner over there having a cigarette and red wine, merlot. in a since, they made some progress, but they did not get there. i chart in thousand of words the exact negotiations, the phone calls. you see something that...
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the president and the house speaker john boehner finally spoke yesterday by phone. they have both agreed to keep the details of the discussion under wraps. they're both standing firm on the tax hike, their positions on the tax hikes for the top 2%. listen. >> the revenues we're putting on the table are going to come from, guess who? the rich. >> once republicans acknowledge that rates are going up for top earners, we believe that an agreement is very achievable. >> kate balduan is in washington, d.c., this morning. so that's kind of a depressing thing, when just the advent of a phone conversation between the two top dealmakers is the headline, isn't it? >> i could not agree with you more. the fact that they spoke, but the fact that there's no progress, and that's a headline. i mean, if we want to take anything from it, any significance, it's the first time they've talked in a week. take that what you will. it's almost like hope springs eternal, but we are a long way from a deal still. neither side, as you said is giving on their basic position. president obama conti
the president and the house speaker john boehner finally spoke yesterday by phone. they have both agreed to keep the details of the discussion under wraps. they're both standing firm on the tax hike, their positions on the tax hikes for the top 2%. listen. >> the revenues we're putting on the table are going to come from, guess who? the rich. >> once republicans acknowledge that rates are going up for top earners, we believe that an agreement is very achievable. >> kate...
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more than a year ago now, speaker boehner couldn't sell it with the tea party caucus back in the house. >> big takeaway from this? >> my takeaway from the weekend not surprisingly is quite different. there are so many things that we worked on together at the meeting. there was a lot of talk about economic development and terrific sessions on health care and recognizing no matter where you are on the medicaid expansion, there are lots of things we in the states can be doing. terrific conversation bipartisan conversation with secretary arne duncan as well. there's a lot of good work that got done. i was excited to launch my own initiative, we'll be focused on the issue for jobs for people with disabilities. people are not working and would like to be, they have the time and talent and interest in working. i think we can move the needle on that issue. >> thanks for being with u. we appreciate it. >>> still ahead on "starting point," the veep stakes are heating up. mitt romney says he's going to pick a running mate soon. who will it be? we'll look at the short list to see if we can figure
more than a year ago now, speaker boehner couldn't sell it with the tea party caucus back in the house. >> big takeaway from this? >> my takeaway from the weekend not surprisingly is quite different. there are so many things that we worked on together at the meeting. there was a lot of talk about economic development and terrific sessions on health care and recognizing no matter where you are on the medicaid expansion, there are lots of things we in the states can be doing. terrific...
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but naked protesters show up to the house speaker john boehner's office. we'll tell you what was behind that that bare it all kind of protest when the seven of them join us straight ahead. plus you want to know what your must-get gifts are this year? you can upload a picture of yourself or your loved one. even a letter to santa. tell us about the gifts you're hoping for. you can submit your storygraph at cnn.com/starting point and share those here throughout the holidays on cnn. back in a...
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raising it requires an act of congress which republicans strongly oppose this one day after boehner had opposed higher tax rates for those making less than $1 million. president obama wants to raise taxes for those making more than $250,000. all eyes remain on whether lawmakers can seal a deal. many economists, including the fed chief ben bernanke, says that this could pull the nation back into recession. >> that would be awful. >>> still ahead on our special edition of "starting point" from newtown, connecticut there, are some who say if a teacher had been armed inside the elementary school, maybe this tragedy could have been prevented, that is what many gun advocates has been suggesting. we'll talk to john lott, who think that current gun laws shouldn't be strengthened, they should be tossed out. >>> plus, she died trying to protect her first grade students. we'll hear from victoria soto's family, that up next on "starting point." [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyq
raising it requires an act of congress which republicans strongly oppose this one day after boehner had opposed higher tax rates for those making less than $1 million. president obama wants to raise taxes for those making more than $250,000. all eyes remain on whether lawmakers can seal a deal. many economists, including the fed chief ben bernanke, says that this could pull the nation back into recession. >> that would be awful. >>> still ahead on our special edition of...
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speaker boehner confirmed the vote. listen. >> brian terry's family has a right to know what happened. the american people have a right to know what happened. and we're going to proceed. we have given them ample opportunity to comply. even as late as yesterday. >> brian terry is the border patrol agent killed by a group of bandits with guns traced back to fast and furious. a final attempt of officials to negotiate with house republicans failed on tuesday and now a group of house democrats are planning a walkout to boycott the vote. democratic congressman cleaver is the chairman of the congressional black caucus leading the charge on the democratic walkout. good morning, sir. nice to see you as always. tell me more about this walkout. how many folks are expecting to walkout? just the congressional black caucus or more? >> there are a number of us that believe it should be some group, some person or some members who simply back away from this silliness. we don't want history to record that we participated in something tha
speaker boehner confirmed the vote. listen. >> brian terry's family has a right to know what happened. the american people have a right to know what happened. and we're going to proceed. we have given them ample opportunity to comply. even as late as yesterday. >> brian terry is the border patrol agent killed by a group of bandits with guns traced back to fast and furious. a final attempt of officials to negotiate with house republicans failed on tuesday and now a group of house...
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it's the formula that john boehner agreed to. and it's the formula that the extreme tea party congress rejected. they are willing to end the medicare benefit, to end the guaranteed medicare benefit, turn it into a voucher, and at the same time -- >> in 2023. right? let's put that in. >> they are wrong in 2023, and they are wrong now. they are wrong in 2023, soledad, and they are wrong now. >> steve israel joining us this morning. he is the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. thank you for talking with us. we always appreciate it. >>> we have to take a break. still ahead, the republican response from senator kay bailey hutchison straight ahead. >>> on alert for tropical storm isaac. the storm is expected to slam into florida. it could be a big problem for the republican national convention. we'll listen to governor rick scott, who will be updating everybody about the situation there. of course he is the governor of florida. >>> and craig fugate will join us. he is the administrator of fema. he'll be tellin
it's the formula that john boehner agreed to. and it's the formula that the extreme tea party congress rejected. they are willing to end the medicare benefit, to end the guaranteed medicare benefit, turn it into a voucher, and at the same time -- >> in 2023. right? let's put that in. >> they are wrong in 2023, and they are wrong now. they are wrong in 2023, soledad, and they are wrong now. >> steve israel joining us this morning. he is the chairman of the democratic...
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the white house saying that boehner counteroffer is nothing new, that it lacks specifics. but i will tell you, zoraida, that one house democratic aid telling cnn that it passed the laugh test. so certainly i guess it could have been worse in some estimations by democrats. >> i suspect some people were laughing. brianna keilar live at the white house for us, thank you. in the next half hour, we'll talk about the prospect for a fiscal cliff deal with california's democratic congressman xavier becerra. >>> the rain and flooding are relentless in northern california. four storms in less than a week left at least one death now attributed to those storms. and more rain is expected today. let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano. he is following it all from the cnn weather center in atlanta. good morning. >> good morning, zoraida. this is the worst stretch of storms that northern california has seen really in about two years. another punch today then we'll set up for a dry trend. the good news is that it has been dry so the ground, even though we've seen a lot of major flood
the white house saying that boehner counteroffer is nothing new, that it lacks specifics. but i will tell you, zoraida, that one house democratic aid telling cnn that it passed the laugh test. so certainly i guess it could have been worse in some estimations by democrats. >> i suspect some people were laughing. brianna keilar live at the white house for us, thank you. in the next half hour, we'll talk about the prospect for a fiscal cliff deal with california's democratic congressman...
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including, in my opinion, john boehner. however, we ought not to hold hostage middle-class tax cuts, and that's what you're talking about, tom cole, that wasn't a question of compromise, it was simply to say, look, we all agree that middle-class tax rates ought not to get a tax increase on january 1st. not good for them. not good for the economy. we'll pass that. the senate's passed a bipartisan bill that called for that. tom cole the former chairman of the republican campaign committee in the house of representatives said just earlier this week we'll all pass that. i agree with him. secondly, the republicans have agreed that we need to have some sort of balance, more and more republicans are saying we need to have revenues. you cannot do it simply with cutting spending. thirdly, i don't think that anybody wants to hurt the vulnerable in america. >> no, i think -- but the question, the question here is, is on the issue of taxes for instance. the president proposed tax cuts -- i'm sorry tax increases that went beyond what th
including, in my opinion, john boehner. however, we ought not to hold hostage middle-class tax cuts, and that's what you're talking about, tom cole, that wasn't a question of compromise, it was simply to say, look, we all agree that middle-class tax rates ought not to get a tax increase on january 1st. not good for them. not good for the economy. we'll pass that. the senate's passed a bipartisan bill that called for that. tom cole the former chairman of the republican campaign committee in the...
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boehner says this. republicans have to start somewhere, and we're going to start there. >> let's start with medicare. start with the big numbers. social security. >> you would think -- >> it's only symbolic. yes, let's go deeper. >> we can talk about that in our end point, which is coming up next. back in a moment. intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. from crest. life opens up when you do. delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with fancy feast gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet gravy every day. fancy feast. the best ingredient is love.
boehner says this. republicans have to start somewhere, and we're going to start there. >> let's start with medicare. start with the big numbers. social security. >> you would think -- >> it's only symbolic. yes, let's go deeper. >> we can talk about that in our end point, which is coming up next. back in a moment. intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a...
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boehner has said similar things. the administration seems to be open to perhaps tax rates not going up quite as much as they initially proposed but they're still absolutely insistent on those tax rate increases of some size. there's a lot that has to come together in a short period of time in order to get a deal. it's not impossible. but i think the risk of at least temporarily going over this cliff is significant. >> so, zanny minton-beddoughs says it's not a cliff. it's like a blue slope on a ski slope. christine says it's a cliff like a black diamond. >> big black diamond. >> other people have said it's a gentle slope like a sunny day slope down the hill. what is it, do you think? >> the problem is we're going to start going downhill and not know exactly whether it's a blue slope or a double diamond. you don't know exactly what's ahead of you, because we don't know how quickly a deal will come together. that's the problem. if on january 2nd the leadership of the congress and the president say, don't worry. we've g
boehner has said similar things. the administration seems to be open to perhaps tax rates not going up quite as much as they initially proposed but they're still absolutely insistent on those tax rate increases of some size. there's a lot that has to come together in a short period of time in order to get a deal. it's not impossible. but i think the risk of at least temporarily going over this cliff is significant. >> so, zanny minton-beddoughs says it's not a cliff. it's like a blue...
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the boehner speaker boehner has already said that it's dead on arrival. that's unfortunate because basically what that's going to do, basically what the republicans are doing is hosting hostage the tax cut for the middle class. and basically going to pay another burden on people who are already struggling, the people i just watch going to work as i was on my way to the studio. it's -- unfortunate we're in a place in washington where right now where it seems like very little is going to be done. keep in mind, soledad, we only have -- once we get past this week, we have less than ten days, i think it is, up until the election, that is legislative days. >> roughly that, that's correct. how house majority whip kevin mccarthy, republican from california, you're going to have 89 current members of the democratic party who voted to extend the tax cuts the last time who are going to have to answer why they are flip-flopping with a bad economy. do you think that's going to be a problem if you voted to extend it back in 2010? >> no, because basically as far as i'm
the boehner speaker boehner has already said that it's dead on arrival. that's unfortunate because basically what that's going to do, basically what the republicans are doing is hosting hostage the tax cut for the middle class. and basically going to pay another burden on people who are already struggling, the people i just watch going to work as i was on my way to the studio. it's -- unfortunate we're in a place in washington where right now where it seems like very little is going to be done....
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last summer, john boehner and the president did reach an agreement, and john boehner could not sell it to his republican caucus, including members like those here today. >> he just glanced over at you, ma'am. >> he did. >> the question is, i think the issue is, is there any more appetite in 2012 than there was in 2011 for a deal that could inevitably include some tax increases but also have the president going much further than today in terms of controlling spending on medicare and medicaid? >> congressman cleaver says this is a nervous breakdown. hold on one second, sir. let me get to your republican colleague, marsha blackburn who is with us. congressman cleaver says this is a nervous breakdown on paper. >> because it is into avoidance. the federal government has an addiction since we have talked about that to the taxpayers money. and the point is this, soledad. the debt is higher than it has ever been. we have had nearly $5 trillion worth of debt come on the books in the last few years. ron and i being budget nerds who look through all of those historical tables, you know, when you
last summer, john boehner and the president did reach an agreement, and john boehner could not sell it to his republican caucus, including members like those here today. >> he just glanced over at you, ma'am. >> he did. >> the question is, i think the issue is, is there any more appetite in 2012 than there was in 2011 for a deal that could inevitably include some tax increases but also have the president going much further than today in terms of controlling spending on...
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that's what john boehner said we need to see. in reform you get more revenue, but not necessarily by taxing the people who could create the revenue and the jobs. >> austan, before he answers, i'm going to interrupt you. i'll let you answer on the other side. >> 350,000 jobless claims last week, drop from 8,000 claims from the week before and i'm going to go out on a limb and say hurricane sandy, this is the first number we've seen superstorm sandy mess up. we're going to start to see -- if you were hunkered down waiting for a hurricane you weren't necessarily going out to file first time unemployment benefits, were you? from here on out that's a good question for austan, too. we'll start to see a lot of noise in the economic reports as we try to figure out if the economy is healing because of sandy. >> first back to the tax reform question. can you answer that? >> therein lies the rub of the statement yesterday. if by raising revenue through tax reform meant let's go in and figure out how we broaden the base and get rid of deduct
that's what john boehner said we need to see. in reform you get more revenue, but not necessarily by taxing the people who could create the revenue and the jobs. >> austan, before he answers, i'm going to interrupt you. i'll let you answer on the other side. >> 350,000 jobless claims last week, drop from 8,000 claims from the week before and i'm going to go out on a limb and say hurricane sandy, this is the first number we've seen superstorm sandy mess up. we're going to start to...
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john boehner from your state of ohio. there are a lot of people that say if the deal were between these two guys, it would be made. the problem is john boehner can't agree to something with president obama and then take it back to his own party. >> well, and vice versa. a year ago august the president couldn't agree to the deal he needed another $400 billion in revenue. look, if the president and senator reid and john boehner all said to me today it's written, let's put simpson-bowles on the floor, i guarantee you given the urgency we could cobble together something to solve this problem but nobody is willing to pull the trigger. everybody wants to play the blame game. this blame game is about to put us over the edge. >> the problem, of course, which you don't personally face because you didn't run for this new congress is a poll that we have that was taken very recently that says -- we asked who would be more responsible if the fiscal cliff occurs. 48% of respondents say the gop in congress. 37% blame -- would blame pres
john boehner from your state of ohio. there are a lot of people that say if the deal were between these two guys, it would be made. the problem is john boehner can't agree to something with president obama and then take it back to his own party. >> well, and vice versa. a year ago august the president couldn't agree to the deal he needed another $400 billion in revenue. look, if the president and senator reid and john boehner all said to me today it's written, let's put simpson-bowles on...
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speaker boehner is doing a great job. leader reid is doing a horrendous job. >> congressman, let me ask you a question. if unemployment is down in georgia and down in louisiana, why doesn't the president get the credit for that rather than the blame? y'all seem to keep trying to have it both ways. and you blame him for everything and give him credit for nothing. in the city of new orleans, the unemployment rate is well below the national average. and one reason is because president obama, in partnership with the state and the city, have put a package together that's really working down here and working all over the country. and you want to bust him, you know, when things are bad, and you don't want to give him any credit when things are good. >> i don't think governor jindal would agree with you there at all. >> well, let me ask you about the 5.5 billion dollars in federal contracts and grants and in stimulus money that your state actually got, right? that funded 193,000 jobs. wouldn't that just be a clear sign that stimu
speaker boehner is doing a great job. leader reid is doing a horrendous job. >> congressman, let me ask you a question. if unemployment is down in georgia and down in louisiana, why doesn't the president get the credit for that rather than the blame? y'all seem to keep trying to have it both ways. and you blame him for everything and give him credit for nothing. in the city of new orleans, the unemployment rate is well below the national average. and one reason is because president obama,...
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. >> house speaker boehner said this. he said sort of we've been here before. seen it. done t. here's what he said. >> we've done this at least four times where there's some new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. none of these programs have worked. i don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. all they've done is delay the clearing of the market. >> so before we talk about clearing of the market, there are a couple of programs. there's something called ham p, the home affordable modification program designed to help 4 million people back in february of 2009. it ended up helping just under 1 million people. there's something called harp, the home affordable refinance program introduced in march of 2009 designed to help 5 million people and it helped, again, just under a million. when he assesses that and says, listen, it's not meeting the need already, why do we need this? >>'s he wrong, by the way. we can't let everybody go into foreclosure. this is not a foreclosure program. >> when you say clearing of the m
. >> house speaker boehner said this. he said sort of we've been here before. seen it. done t. here's what he said. >> we've done this at least four times where there's some new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. none of these programs have worked. i don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. all they've done is delay the clearing of the market. >> so before we talk about clearing of the market, there are a...
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boehner could not sell it to his caucus? >> no, no. >> read "the new york times," read "the washington post." >> i read "the new york times." >> of course you do. but you can see this president walked away from any deal in order to fix our budget problems. but the real issue -- >> but some would say obstructionist republicans. i have heard that a lot on my show. >>> when we come back, we'll talk to bill burton and continue this conversation. still ahead this morning, not just politicians but hollywood stars that we have been chatting with, including john leg juizam who will stop by the grill to chat with us as well. that's straight ahead. and see what criteria they use. such as a 5% yield on dividend-paying stocks. then you can customize the strategies and narrow down to exactly those stocks you want to follow. i'm mark allen of fidelity investments. the expert strategies feature is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. we believe small things ca
boehner could not sell it to his caucus? >> no, no. >> read "the new york times," read "the washington post." >> i read "the new york times." >> of course you do. but you can see this president walked away from any deal in order to fix our budget problems. but the real issue -- >> but some would say obstructionist republicans. i have heard that a lot on my show. >>> when we come back, we'll talk to bill burton and continue...
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president obama and john boehner met just under an hour. after coordinated press releases, both sides assured the american people that communication lines remain open. dana bash is live in washington, d.c. this morning. 50 minutes and sort of a very milquetoasty kind of statement at the end of it, sounds not good. >> no, not good, considering where we are in the calendacale. i'm told by sources in both parties, a meeting that did not produce any new ideas, more of touching base meeting, the president wanted to talk to the speaker before he went home to ohio, which he still planned to do this weekend, the sources say that the basic problem still is, soledad, after all of the weeks, is democrats still believe republicans have the problem. they need to deal with the debt crisis by raising more revenue, meaning raising more taxes and republicans still think democrats are the problem. they are not offering enough in spending cuts. the issue is, reality, democrats, the president has the most leverage. has had the most leverage, republicans know t
president obama and john boehner met just under an hour. after coordinated press releases, both sides assured the american people that communication lines remain open. dana bash is live in washington, d.c. this morning. 50 minutes and sort of a very milquetoasty kind of statement at the end of it, sounds not good. >> no, not good, considering where we are in the calendacale. i'm told by sources in both parties, a meeting that did not produce any new ideas, more of touching base meeting,...
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and the house democratic caucus was willing to sign on the dotted line to that compromise with john boehner and eric cantor a year ago. we remain ready, willing and able to compromise. the american people have an unquenchable thirst for solutions. they have an unquenchable thirst for compromise and consensus. at that press conference yesterday it was nancy pelosi notwithstanding what governor christie has said. it was nancy pelosi who said we remain ready, willing and able to find a compromise. to find common ground with republicans to avoid the fiscal cliff. we need solutions and not sequestration. >> jonathan karl did an interview with paul ryan and what paul ryan said in this is essentially that, that the president doesn't have a mandate. karl said he won some 300 some electoral votes, every battleground state except for north carolina. does president obama have a mandate and, and he said no, i don't think so. because then nancy pelosi would be in charge of the house of representatives. and she's not. do you think that he's got a point? >> you know what has a mandate? solutions have a ha
and the house democratic caucus was willing to sign on the dotted line to that compromise with john boehner and eric cantor a year ago. we remain ready, willing and able to compromise. the american people have an unquenchable thirst for solutions. they have an unquenchable thirst for compromise and consensus. at that press conference yesterday it was nancy pelosi notwithstanding what governor christie has said. it was nancy pelosi who said we remain ready, willing and able to find a compromise....